Asian Games: Taiwan wins silver in women’s weightlifting

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/25
By: Lung Po-an and Ko Lin 

Taipei, Aug. 25 (CNA) Taiwan’s Hung Wan-ting (洪萬庭) won the silver medal in the women’s 69-kilogram weightlifting final at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta on Saturday.

Hung completed a 103 kg snatch and a 130 kg clean and jerk, finishing with a combined total of 233 kg, behind Rim Un-sim of North Korea, who won gold with 246 kg.

In archery, Taiwanese archers Tang Chih-chun (湯智鈞), Wei Chun-heng (魏均珩) and Luo Wei-min (羅偉旻) had an easy victory against Mongolia, winning 6-0 in the recurve men’s team semifinals on Saturday. The team will now faces South Korea for the gold on Aug. 27.

Meanwhile, Taiwanese Lei Chien-ying (雷千瑩), Peng Chia-mao (彭家楙) and Tan Ya-ting (譚雅婷) beat the Chinese team 5-3 to reach the recurve women’s team final.    [FULL  STORY]

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